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Mindy Kaling Is Eyeing A New Comedy For NBC, Lands Pilot Deal

Mindy Kaling can very well be back on TV for a new series with NBC as it was announced that the comedic actress has landed a pilot deal with the network. For the currently untitled project; Mindy will play an old high school fling who reunites with a classmate.

NBC just put three new comedy pilots into development. According to Variety, the network has given pilot orders to three new projects from Mindy Kaling, Tina Fey, and Bill Lawrence. The first untitled single-cam comedy from Mindy Kaling and Charlie Grandy follows Vince, “charismatic gym owner with no ambition who lives with his younger brother Michael, a gorgeous idiot. Their simple life of women and working out is put on hold when the teenage son of Vince is dropped off on their doorstep by Priya (Kaling), one of his old high school flings.”